diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b72722e938b42a..40b4b2f3e999ed 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -214,6 +214,27 @@ shared_optgroup.add_option('--shared-libuv-libpath',
     dest='shared_libuv_libpath',
     help='a directory to search for the shared libuv DLL')
 
+shared_optgroup.add_option('--shared-nghttp2',
+    action='store_true',
+    dest='shared_nghttp2',
+    help='link to a shared nghttp2 DLL instead of static linking')
+
+shared_optgroup.add_option('--shared-nghttp2-includes',
+    action='store',
+    dest='shared_nghttp2_includes',
+    help='directory containing nghttp2 header files')
+
+shared_optgroup.add_option('--shared-nghttp2-libname',
+    action='store',
+    dest='shared_nghttp2_libname',
+    default='nghttp2',
+    help='alternative lib name to link to [default: %default]')
+
+shared_optgroup.add_option('--shared-nghttp2-libpath',
+    action='store',
+    dest='shared_nghttp2_libpath',
+    help='a directory to search for the shared nghttp2 DLLs')
+
 shared_optgroup.add_option('--shared-openssl',
     action='store_true',
     dest='shared_openssl',
@@ -1407,6 +1428,7 @@ configure_library('zlib', output)
 configure_library('http_parser', output)
 configure_library('libuv', output)
 configure_library('libcares', output)
+configure_library('nghttp2', output)
 # stay backwards compatible with shared cares builds
 output['variables']['node_shared_cares'] = \
     output['variables'].pop('node_shared_libcares')
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index a4ada1d54ec2d2..d5cd268c5956cf 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     'node_shared_http_parser%': 'false',
     'node_shared_cares%': 'false',
     'node_shared_libuv%': 'false',
+    'node_shared_nghttp2%': 'false',
     'node_use_openssl%': 'true',
     'node_shared_openssl%': 'false',
     'node_v8_options%': '',
@@ -162,7 +163,6 @@
 
       'dependencies': [
         'node_js2c#host',
-        'deps/nghttp2/nghttp2.gyp:nghttp2'
       ],
 
       'includes': [
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@
       'include_dirs': [
         'src',
         'tools/msvs/genfiles',
-        '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)', # for node_natives.h
-        'deps/nghttp2/lib/includes'
+        '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)' # for node_natives.h
       ],
 
       'sources': [
@@ -906,6 +905,14 @@
             'deps/uv/uv.gyp:libuv'
           ]
         }],
+        [ 'node_shared_nghttp2=="false"', {
+          'dependencies': [
+            'deps/nghttp2/nghttp2.gyp:nghttp2'
+          ],
+          'include_dirs': [
+            'deps/nghttp2/lib/includes'
+          ]
+        }],
         [ 'node_use_v8_platform=="true"', {
           'dependencies': [
             'deps/v8/src/v8.gyp:v8_libplatform',
diff --git a/node.gypi b/node.gypi
index c7209379a782f1..9b37b10a4a3f00 100644
--- a/node.gypi
+++ b/node.gypi
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@
       'dependencies': [ 'deps/uv/uv.gyp:libuv' ],
     }],
 
+    [ 'node_shared_nghttp2=="false"', {
+      'dependencies': [ 'deps/nghttp2/nghttp2.gyp:nghttp2' ],
+    }],
+
     [ 'OS=="mac"', {
       # linking Corefoundation is needed since certain OSX debugging tools
       # like Instruments require it for some features